#RA-3134Read AloudCore & AcademicEasy
Canal Design
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
In 1905, a US engineering panel was commissioned to review the canal design, which still had not been finalized. It recommended to President Roosevelt a sea level canal, as had been attempted by the French. However, in 1906 Stevens was summoned to Washington and declared a sea level approach to be "an entirely untenable proposition".
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